The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... nature , even for Divinity itself , to pacify the de- mands of vengeance by a painful death ; of which the natural effect will be , that when justice is appeased , there is a proper place for the exercise of mercy ; and that such ...
... nature , even for Divinity itself , to pacify the de- mands of vengeance by a painful death ; of which the natural effect will be , that when justice is appeased , there is a proper place for the exercise of mercy ; and that such ...
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... nature about three o'clock this morning , ( Sept. 6th . ) She died without a struggle , re- taining her faculties to the very last ; and , as she expressed it , having set her house in order , was prepared to leave it at the last ...
... nature about three o'clock this morning , ( Sept. 6th . ) She died without a struggle , re- taining her faculties to the very last ; and , as she expressed it , having set her house in order , was prepared to leave it at the last ...
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... natural : - ' I think so too , madam , ' said he ; and whenever you perform it , I will once more hobble out to the ... nature . - Pritchard , in common life , was a vulgar ideot ; she would talk of her gownd ; but when she appeared ...
... natural : - ' I think so too , madam , ' said he ; and whenever you perform it , I will once more hobble out to the ... nature . - Pritchard , in common life , was a vulgar ideot ; she would talk of her gownd ; but when she appeared ...
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